Is the military morale available?
Lu Li understood and summoned Chen Li and other generals to come to discuss the matter and asked them if they were already familiar with the hydrological conditions of the peninsula.
In response, all the generals nodded.
"Then let's start fighting."
He expressed his feelings for the generals in the tent.
After all, this is the first time he has led the navy in combat, and it is the first joint combat since the combined forces of the Ming and Dynasty naval forces joined forces. There must be no room for error.
Therefore, Yi Sun-shin, who was familiar with the layout of the Japanese navy, chose an excellent training place:
Zheer Island.
There are no generals here, only a small fleet, with the number of warships ranging from twenty to thirty. This is not to boast, it is indeed killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.
August 26th.
The Japanese troops were patrolling within the waters under their jurisdiction as usual. Suddenly, they saw a fleet approaching from the sea.
For the Ming and Dynasty naval forces, this was just a friendly match. In the eyes of the Japanese army leaders, this was an unequal encounter!
The massacre begins.
During this period, Lu Li did not take action. He looked down on this level of fighting. He did not even order the fleet to fire ten thousand guns. Instead, he asked all ministries to send equal warships.
This is by no means intended to fulfill the so-called Bushido spirit of the Japanese, but to allow the country’s navy to become familiar with two things as quickly as possible:
1. Ocean currents and wind directions in unfamiliar seas.
2. Japanese tactics.
Thanks to his careful consideration, the North Korean Navy lost more than 200 ranks in this battle, while the Ming Dynasty Navy achieved nothing after the battle because everything remained on paper and did not use firepower to suppress it.
Since Lu Li did not go out in person, Chen Li, the deputy commander, led the army. He wanted to take the lead and use the heads of Japanese pirates to sacrifice the flag to win a good fortune.
The result is this...
After a series of "unexpected" incidents, Chen Li, who was not in a good state of mind, could not save his face, so he immediately called his subordinates, including his son, over and severely reprimanded him.
However, just as he was spitting, a Li Chao turtle ship suddenly came, and a dozen envoys disembarked from it, holding nearly a hundred Japanese pirate heads in their hands.
The leader said to Chen Li: "My general said that the victory of our navy is the victory of the Ming Dynasty, so this military merit is half of mine and half of yours. I offer a hundred heads, please accept it." "
Naturally, all this could not be hidden from Lu Li's eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh: Li Shunchen had gone through ups and downs, and had gone through so many trials. He was no longer the stupid young man he was at the beginning, and had begun to learn how to cultivate people's feelings.
Of course, this kind of growth has cost him a lot of heartache.
At the same time, I had some slight resistance to Yi Sun-shin——
The soldiers executed some time ago were all from the water camps of Guangdong and Guangxi. Even though he knew that they died innocently, Chen Li still felt embarrassed.
At the moment, he was very touched by the friendly attitude shown by the other party.
Give me papaya and give me Qiongju in return. It is always good to be rewarded by bandits. Give me peaches and give me Qiong Yao. It is always good to be rewarded by bandits.
People with violent tempers usually have a characteristic of going to extremes.
When I remember someone I hate, I wish I could skin and cramp them on the spot and eat them forcibly.
But he had a crush on someone and wanted to surrender him. After seeing Yi Sun-shin's humble attitude with his own eyes, Chen Li felt that he had to surrender to Li Sun-shin!
He immediately left the flagship and personally went to persuade Li Sunchen to let him go to the Ming Dynasty and serve as a high-ranking official. After being politely rejected, Chen Li did not give up and took advantage of the night to find Lu Li.
An old rule, a generous gift.
The attitude is very sincere.
The purpose was to let him write a letter to the emperor, praising Yi Sun-shin's various glorious achievements, and let Wanli know that there was a general in a remote friendly country who was good at fighting, and he should not forget to reward him.
Good guy...
He came here with the idea of promotion, but the first request letter he was asked to write turned out to be for a foreign general, and there had been dissatisfaction between them.
However, this is undoubtedly a good thing.
As a result, Lu Li began to write a letter asking for merit. Emperor Wanli must not be petty towards a foreign minister.
More than a month later.
I actually got a nine-fold seal script bronze governor's seal for Li Sunchen. The specifications are astonishingly high. In addition, it comes with a tiger head token, a ghost sword, a beheading knife, a war supervisor flag, a red small order flag, and a blue order flag. The flag and trumpet are known as the "Eight Gifts".
In addition to the eight gifts, a scythe and a turtle ship were also presented.
The latter is a unique warship of the Li Dynasty.
Obviously, Wanli was very concerned about this matter and specially ordered his country's shipyard to quickly build a turtle ship as a reward for Yi Sun-shin.
The grace sent down from heaven!
After receiving these rewards, the God of War in the eyes of the Korean people, his face shines brightly every day, and he hangs them high in the military camp. As long as a general comes over, he will definitely be taken there and receive secret poking and showing off.
During this period, Lu Li revealed that Chen Li had begged for these favors on his behalf.
With such a friendship, the two of them changed from the initial relationship of mutual tolerance to mutual sympathy. When they met, they greeted each other, drank a few drinks together, sang poems and songs when they had free time, and even drove a boat together.
Such an unexpected development made the pessimists in Seoul led by Liu Chenglong unbelievable.
Unfortunately, unlike the constant good news about naval battles, on land, all three Ming armies were not making smooth progress.
After a battle, news began to spread that the 100,000 Japanese Kwantung Allied Forces came to help.
The Ming army increased its troops by 100,000.
The Japanese pirates also increased their troops by 100,000.
The so-called Mount Tai weighs down the top, and many overwhelm the few. Doesn't it exist at all?
The strength of both sides is still at the same level.
In this way, they tested each other, sometimes fighting fiercely, sometimes pretending to be peace talks, deliberately delaying time, anyone can see that the generals in each department have selfish motives to preserve their own strength——
Ming, Dynasty, and Japanese were all three countries without exception.
After all, the Tokugawa family and other Kanto daimyo were lured here by Toyotomi Hideyoshi through coaxing and threats. Seeing that his death was about to take place, and the number of troops under his command was severely damaged, how could they be willing to fight to the death?
As for the Ming army, the three admirals looked at each other and looked at each other. They all had concerns and only fought small-scale contact battles and encounters...
The previous strategy was: advance on both land and water.
The waterway has entered, but the land side has been slow to advance, and the results achieved are of little use at all.
In desperation, Lu Li could only lead the fleet to clear out the sporadic enemies and not rush to their base camp at all, unless Yang Hao and Xing Jie had other arrangements.
The Ming army was anxious, but Hideyoshi was even more anxious.
Either expand the occupied area, or consume the combat power of the Kanto countries on a large scale to maintain a relative balance and prepare for the future of the Toyotomi family.
"My lord, those guys on land are totally useless." Chen Li complained.
Lu Li was sitting on his chair, staring at a letter in trance:
Pan Ming received the lunch box.
Just half a month ago, he almost lost all his soldiers to fight against Naoshima Naoshima, and finally got his wish.
Am I the only one left?
Lu Li was curious as to when he, a half-disabled person, would receive his lunch box.
